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Memories of a Healer

After college, I moved to Israel to pursue a career in Jewish education. During my 12 years in Israel, my physician, who was so much more to me, was a man named David Applebaum.

David was born in Detroit and grew up in Cleveland. He was ordained as a rabbi and trained as a physician. He moved to Israel 20 years ago and achieved significant success, founding an emergency medical service used by thousands and, most recently, becoming director of emergency medicine at Shaarei Zedek Hospital, one of Israel's leading medical institutions.